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Decatur, Mississippi. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Newton. Associated ZIP codes: 39327.
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Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s election as the state’s first Black governor marks a historic milestone for Nevada and for a large part of the count...
Many voters in Mississippi's close Senate race said they were caught by surprise when they learned they would have to vote by affidavit because their registr...
With 99% of precincts reporting as of Wednesday morning, DeSoto County went blue, backing Democrat nominee Scott Colom over incumbent Republican Senator Cind...
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Decatur is in Newton County, Mississippi.
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Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s election as the state’s first Black governor marks a historic milestone for Nevada and for a large part of the count...
Many voters in Mississippi's close Senate race said they were caught by surprise when they learned they would have to vote by affidavit because their registr...
With 99% of precincts reporting as of Wednesday morning, DeSoto County went blue, backing Democrat nominee Scott Colom over incumbent Republican Senator Cind...
Decatur, named for naval hero Stephen Decatur Jr., was established as the seat of Newton County when the county was created in 1836.
In 1864, during the Meridian Expedition, Major General William T. Sherman ordered his XVI Corps east while he waited at Decatur Crossroads with one infantry regiment. When the regiment mistakenly left him unguarded for the night, Confederate cavalry, unaware he was there, attacked an isolated wagon train and surrounded the house where he was staying. The timely return of the 25th Wisconsin Infantry saved Sherman from capture. Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was born in Decatur on July 2, 1925. After serving in World War II he returned home, and in 1946 he and his brother Charles tried to register to vote here but were turned away. He became Mississippi's first NAACP field secretary and was assassinated outside his home in Jackson on June 12, 1963. The Chicago blues singer and bassist Prez Kenneth was also born in Decatur, on December 29, 1933. The present Newton County Courthouse was built in 1972. Sources Wikipedia: Decatur, Mississippi The Historical Marker Database: Sherman at Decatur; Medgar Evers (Mississippi Department of Archives and History) The Historical Marker Database: Newton County Blues (Mississippi Blues Commission)
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